Dion chante Plamondon

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Dion chante Plamondon won Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year in 1993. [15] It also won Félix Award for Best Selling Album of the Year in 1992 and was nominated for Pop/Rock Album of the Year. [16] "Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime" was nominated for the Félix Award for Most Popular Song of the Year in 1993 and "L'amour existe encore" was nominated for the Video of the Year in 1994. [17] Dion was also nominated for the Félix Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and won in this category in 1994. [18] Additionally, "Je danse dans ma tête" won MuchMusic Video Award for Best Adult Contemporary Video in 1992 and Dion was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique in category Francophone Artist of the Year in 1994. [19] [20] Dion chante Plamondon television special was also nominated for two Gémeaux Awards in 1992. [21]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Jannick Top and Serge Perathoner, except "Je danse dans ma tête" produced by Romano Musumarra.

Dion chante Plamondon
Dion chante Plamondon.jpg
1991 Canadian edition
Studio album by
Celine Dion
Released4 November 1991 (1991-11-04)
Recorded8 September – 6 October 1991
StudioFace B
Genre Pop
Length45:08
Language French
Label
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Unison
(1990)		Dion chante Plamondon
(1991)		 Celine Dion
(1992)
Alternative cover
Dion chante Plamondon (alternate cover art).jpg
1992 French edition (Des mots qui sonnent)
Dion chante Plamondon track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Des mots qui sonnent"
3:55
2."Le monde est stone"
3:40
3."J'ai besoin d'un chum" (Canadian/European editions only)
  • Plamondon
  • François Cousineau
4:04
4."Le Fils de Superman"
  • Plamondon
  • Germain Gauthier
4:33
5."Je danse dans ma tête"
  • Plamondon
  • Musumarra
4:14
6."Le Blues du businessman"
  • Plamondon
  • Berger
4:30
7."Piaf chanterait du rock" (Canadian/European editions only)
  • Plamondon
  • Gauthier
3:22
8."Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)"
  • Plamondon
  • Berger
2:58
9."Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime"
  • Plamondon
  • Erown
3:40
10."Les Uns contre les autres"
  • Plamondon
  • Berger
3:10
11."Oxygène"
  • Plamondon
  • Gauthier
6:00
12."L'amour existe encore"
3:52
Total length:45:08

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [22]

Charts

Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Dion chante Plamondon
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [32] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [33] 2× Platinum200,000^
France (SNEP) [10] 2× Platinum1,000,000 [11]
United States—275,000 [14]
Summaries
Worldwide—2,000,000 [12] [13]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for Dion chante Plamondon
RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogEdition
Canada [1] 4 November 1991 Columbia 80168Dion chante Plamondon
with 12 songs
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
[2] [10] 		4 May 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
471344Des mots qui sonnent
with 12 songs
Australia [3] 25 January 1993 Epic 477215Dion chante Plamondon
with 10 songs
United Kingdom [34] 16 May 1994CD4713442
United States [4] 31 May 1994
  • CD
  • cassette
64363
Japan [5] 21 November 1994 SMEJ CDESCA-6101

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